At your request, the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies established the Committee to Review the Testing of Body Armor Materials for Use by the U.S. Army to assess the ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. The National Research Council will convene specialists in committee form to consider ...

Lighter body armor may save knees and backs, but the Marine Corps is making clear that protection still has to survive more than a sales pitch.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army said on Thursday it was withdrawing some 16,400 sets of body armor, even though it considers them safe, because a Pentagon watchdog found that the designs had not ...

WASHINGTON - The Army pushed back Thursday against a inspector general's report that criticized the testing of body armor used by many soldiers in Afghanistan, praising the quality of the armor and ...

Body armor ratings tell you how well you'll be protected after being hit with a bullet. Experts do tests in a controlled environment to check the amount of impact the armor absorbs and how it stops ...

What do bra fitting and body armor testing have in common? Andrea Porter's dissertation. When Porter took a sabbatical from her career to earn her Ph.D. in multidisciplinary engineering, she never ...

For years, female officers and security professionals have faced a frustrating reality: body armor designed primarily around male anatomy often creates gaps, pressure points, and restricted movement.